Wrestler. Born in Minsk, Belarus SSR. Winner of the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling middleweight junior championship in 1971. He moved to Israel to join their Olympic team. Murdered by Palestinian terrorists with ten other team members in Munich.
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Mark Slavin
The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...
Weightlifting coach and wrestler. Also known as Yakov, he was born in Poland. During WW2Â he took part in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Along with ten other team members, he was murdered by Palestinia...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Poland
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Born Wiltshire into a wealthy family. First class cricketer. Married Mary Pole Stuart in 1843 and Jane Elizabeth Pugh in 1869. In 1873 he was listed as the largest landowner in Cornwall. Died Menab...
Football player and manager. Born at Farnworth, Lancashire. He played principally for Arsenal, Blackpool and Everton and went on to manage seven different teams. A member of the winning England tea...
Their website. Old Deer Park has been the club's headquarters since 1864.
Chairman of HMV Shops Limited in 1984. If the web is anything to go by, unveiling the Nipper plaque is the only significant action Johnson ever took.
Singer and actor. Born Elisabeth Margaret Welsh at West 61st Street, New York. Her career started in the chorus of 'black' Broadway shows. She was promoted to solo roles and travelled to Paris in t...
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